Poppaea

Proper noun

Meaning

(historical) A female given name from Latin.

(Ancient Rome) Poppaea Sabina

Examples

Cinnamon was too expensive to be commonly used on funeral pyres in Rome, but the Emperor Nero is said to have burned a year's worth of the city's supply at the funeral for his wife Poppaea Sabina in AD 65. Toussaint-Samat 2009, p. 437f. Source: Internet

Matricide and consolidation of power Coin of Nero and Poppaea Sabina Over time, Nero became progressively more powerful, freeing himself of his advisers and eliminating rivals to the throne. Source: Internet

Nero also was reported to have kicked Poppaea to death in 65 before she could have his second child. Source: Internet

Nero divorced and banished Octavia on grounds of infertility, leaving him free to marry the pregnant Poppaea. Source: Internet

Other relationships When Nero's wife Poppaea Sabina died in 65, Nero went into deep mourning. Source: Internet

Reportedly because a marriage to Poppaea and a divorce from Octavia did not seem politically feasible with Agrippina alive, Nero ordered the murder of his mother in 59. Tacitus, Annals XIV.1. Source: Internet

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